An Interesting Exchange over Judgment and Execution.

No. 762 Expert Advice When You Need It Most Can a writ of execution be issued the same day a judgment is awarded or must you give notice? Asked 2 days ago – Sarver, PA Practice area: Debt Collection – Edit Had someone file at court records department for a judgment and at the same time […]

Don’t Post Anything on Facebook that You Wouldn’t Want To See as Exhibit A In Court.

Bloggers say this all of the time. Plenty of people don’t listen. Here’s A Pennsylvania Common Pleas case that illustrates what can happen. The judge ordered discovery of the entries on the Facebook page of a plaintiff in an auto accident. It included entries about a supposedly seriously injured person going to the gym, etc. The Court stated that no court has ever held that there is an expectation of privacy on Facebook. On the contrary, the court noted, Facebook is for sharing.

Repost from the Ninja on Reliability.

No. 760 This post in Time Management Ninja is so important, I am reposting it, rather than simply suppling the link. I cannot add one word to the message. 5 Reasons You Aren’t Reliable by CRAIG Ever have someone ask you to do something… and then you forget? Oops! Does it happen more than once? Is […]

NOT YOUR PROBLEM.

No. 759 Now the hosts and guests on talk radio are obsessed over the idea that conflicts in the testimony of key witnesses in the Penn State case might enable some of the defendants to slip the noose. Don’t worry about the prosecution. They have a small army of lawyers working on this case. If […]

Presumption of Innocence and Burden of Proof

No. 758 It bears remembering, at a time like this, that under our system of justice every person accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent until convicted in court by credible evidence. The finder of fact must conclude that guilt of a specific charge has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a […]

Understanding Leadership.

No. 757 Several of the Republican candidates for President were asked what 20th Century President belongs on Mt. Rushmore. All of them said Ronald Reagan. All except one, that is. Newt Gingrich said that FDR belongs on Mt. Rushmore. A significant answer. He alone was able to look past policy and ideology and recognize great leadership. […]

I Don’t Believe You.

To all the people who recently stated that, if they had been in the shoes of the Penn State Five, they would have called the police, I don’t believe you.

The Premature Millage Increase.

It must have seemed to the Democrats on County Council that the City voters’ willingness to appropriate a quarter mill tax increase for the Carnegie Library signaled a new era when it was okay to raise taxes. With the election less than a week behind them, they apparently lined up a majority for a one mill County tax increase.

Veterans Day 11.11.11: Watch the Carrier Classic

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Passing in the Night.

No. 753 A giant rock, an asteroid, passed the earth last evening, about 6:30 PM Eastern time. It missed us by about 200,000 miles. Where did it come from? We don’t know. Where will it stop? We don’t know that either. As a matter of fact, there is a universe full of things we don’t […]

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